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Christmas is a holiday shared by people around the world, each observing their own traditions. Here are the five best Christmas traditions in America.

The defining quality of heroes quite probably is that they never would describe themselves as heroes. Newsmax’s 2010 heroes roster represents the best examples of philanthropy, charity, military service, business excellence, public safety, government leadership, and community advocacy.

A litany of lawmakers, political figures, news outlets, and media personalities wants to yank public funding from National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System for summarily firing veteran political analyst Juan Williams for comments he made about Muslims on Fox TV. Here are some of the key voices in the debate.

It’s a “dirty dozen” of stimulus projects — efforts so wacky and wasteful they call into question the sanity of last year’s $787 billion federal stimulus effort. In all, this “dirty dozen” account for a whopping $23,084,512 in taxpayer money – and create a total of, at most, 71 jobs, according to grant applications. That is $325,133.97 per job. Newsmax has taken a close look at a 12 stimulus schemes that leave us scratching our heads, and asking, “What were they thinking?”

Former Alaska Gov. and GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin visited Newsmax Media headquarters Oct. 6 in West Palm Beach, Fla., to help launch Newsmax’s “Make America Great Again” campaign and webcast. While there, she greeted staff, toured headquarters and spoke at length on a variety of topics.

Riding a fierce anti-incumbent wave, Republicans have an opportunity to make history by electing a record number of black conservatives to Congress in November. Take a look at the new generation of Black Republicans.

With the clock ticking down to November, Newsmax reveals its list of the top 10 blue dog Democrats who consistently have stood up to oppose President Barack Obama's proposals. Relatively speaking, they are profiles in Democratic courage.

The plan by a radical pastor of a fringe church in central Florida to burn copies of the Koran has sparked worldwide controversy. From Sarah Palin to Angelina Jolie, American leaders and celebrities have condemned the book burning.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the controversial top cop in Maricopa County, Ariz., always has told it like it is. From making sure his inmates are paying their debt to society to championing efforts to thwart illegal aliens, Sheriff Joe is a man of action who is rarely at a loss for words. With federal prosecutors now suing Arpaio for failing to cooperate quickly enough with a civil rights probe, Newsmax compiled a few of Arpaio's best lines on crime and punishment, Sheriff Joe style.

Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally in Washington, D.C., attracted hundreds of thousands of Americans searching for an answer to the many dire problems plaguing the nation. Beck said the event was not supposed to be political but rather, spiritual. "The message I was trying to send was be your highest self and stand in the burning bush, stand in the fire, because that's the only thing that's going to save us."